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Coverity is a proprietary static code analysis tool from Black Duck, Inc.. This product enables engineers and security teams to find and fix software defects.
Coverity started as an independent software company in 2002 at the Computer Systems Laboratory at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It was founded by Benjamin Chelf, Andy Chou, David Park, and Seth Hallem with Stanford professor Dawson Engler as a technical adviser. The headquarters was moved to San Francisco. In June 2008, Coverity acquired Solidware Technologies. In February 2014, Coverity announced an agreement to be acquired by Synopsys, an electronic design automation company, for $375M in cash.
Coverity Scan is a free static-analysis cloud-based service for the open source community.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration used the tool in its 2010-2011 investigation into reports of sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. "U.S. Used Key Tools to Examine Toyota Acceleration-Related Software" "Technical Support to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on the Reported Toyota Motor Corporation Unintended Acceleration Investigation" The tool was used by CERN on the software employed in the Large Hadron Collider "CERN Chooses Coverity to Ensure Accuracy of Large Hadron Collider Software" "Improving Scientific Research: CERN and Coverity Static Analysis" and in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the flight software development of the Curiosity rover. "Coverity: Mars Rover Curiosity's 'Space Doctors' On Bug Hunting In Space"
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